Sunbelt Exchange Archiver (SEA) makes your organization ready for lawsuits,
either for suing some other entity, or being sued yourself. At that time,
your attorneys are going to ask you for an e-discovery and you will be forced
to go through ALL sent and received email and query it for specific things.
If you are not ready for this, prepare for weeks of agony, no weekends and
14-hour days to find all PST files and painstakingly search through all of
them. But having SEA implemented, you will be ready for legal action, and
your CEO and Legal Counsel will be highly appreciative. Get a quote now:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-SEA

Editors Corner

Cisco CEO: "Cloud Computing A 'Security Nightmare'"

During a keynote address at RSA this week, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco said
that the industry's move to sell pay-as-you-go computing cycles available
as a service on the Internet was also "a security nightmare." He further
stated that cloud computing was inevitable, but that it would shake up the
way that networks are secured. "You'll have no idea what's in the corporate
data center," he said. "That is exciting to me as a network player. Boy,
am I going to sell a lot of stuff to tie that together." However, he added,
"It is a security nightmare and it can't be handled in traditional ways."

He's right. There are two major downsides to this type of architecture.
First is security and you can already imagine the problems there. The other
problem is high-availability. Look at what happened in Northern California,
April 9th this year. Unidentified attackers climbed down four manholes serving
the city of Morgan Hill and cut eight fiber cables in what appears to have
been an organized attack on the electronic infrastructure of an American city.
Its implications, though startling, have gone almost un-reported.

Commerce was disrupted in a 100-mile swath around the community, from San Jose
to Gilroy and Monterey. Cash was king for the day as ATMs and credit card
systems were down, and many found they didn't have sufficient cash on hand.
Services employees dependent on communication were sent home. The many
businesses providing just-in-time operations to agriculture could not
communicate. In technical terms, the area was partitioned from the
surrounding Internet. Not good. The only way they could keep things
going was with two-way radios and hams.

What to do? Local infrastructure is the key. The services that you depend on,
all critical web applications and email, should be based at your site. They
need to be able to operate without access to databases elsewhere, and to
resynchronize with the rest of your operation when the network comes back
up. This takes professional IT engineering to implement, and will cost more
to manage, but won't leave you sitting on your hands in an emergency.

More than 450 exhibitors showed their stuff at this year's RSA Conference
in San Francisco. eWEEK Labs' Cameron Sturdevant has been scouring the expo
floor to find the most compelling products for the enterprise. This year,
virtualization security tools were an area of focus, but old standbys-still
very much needed in our Windows XP/physical server world-are garnering
attention. Read on for Cameron's picks for the 10 most interesting products
at the show Slideshow - it includes a slide of VIPRE Enterprise:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Products-at-RSA

Redmond Reports On Quarter; Server & Tools 7% Up, Rest Down

Microsoft posted a 32% drop in profit and the first decline in quarterly
revenue in its 23-year history as a public company, as the recession took
its toll. MS execs blamed the 6% drop on a general pullback in spending
on PCs by both consumers and businesses. PC shipments fell by 6.5% in the
first three months of the year, according to Gartner Inc. Things could have
been much worse, so MS shares rose 3.7% to $19.61 in after-hours trading.
Generally the stock analysts are upbeat about Microsoft as they see that
Redmond is able to turn on a dime and cut costs deep and hard.

If you are well versed in Microsoft's volume licensing program, you are in
a great position to negotiate the cost of software. "Resellers are saying
there has never been a better time to negotiate with Microsoft," says Paul
DeGroot, an analyst with independent analyst firm Directions on Microsoft.
"It is a buyer's market, and it is a time when customers have had unusual
bargaining power with Microsoft."

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No more 2-day SEP V11 Migration Classes! Sunbelt built VIPRE Enterprise; a
completely new technology combining corporate antivirus plus an enterprise
antispyware solution for total endpoint security designed by admins for admins.
And that means EASY DEPLOYMENT. Save your IT budget and don't renew products
from Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, Learn how VIPRE Enterprise takes much
less resources than the competition! It's clearly time to ditch expensive,
bloated, old-style AV products. Get your 30-day eval here:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-VIPRE-Enterprise

Webinars and Seminars

Windows Internals with Sysinternals - 2 day webinar - June 1&3, 2009

Explore the internals of key Windows kernel components and mechanisms with
the Sysinternals tools in this 2 day webinar. Topics include kernel
architecture, memory management, thread scheduling, interrupt processing,
time accounting, and crash dump analysis. This knowledge will help you help
you troubleshoot difficult system problems as well as understand the true
meaning behind key system performance counters. To register, click here
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Sysinternals-Webinar

Ninja Email Security Product Demonstration

Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

Securing your Exchange Server is key to protecting your enterprise environment
from spam, viruses, and other malware. Ninja Email Security is an 'all-in-one'
integrated and policy-based email security solution that helps you to fight
spam, viruses, trojans, phishing and other email security threats with a
series of 'best-of-breed' plug-ins. Register here:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Ninja-Demo

VIPRE Enterprise Product Demonstration

Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

VIPRE Enterprise is designed to optimize overall performance by melding
antivirus and antispyware together into one, single, powerful engine. This
combination of technologies gives you high-performance software that doesn't
slow down users' workstations, is low on system resources, and makes it easy
for you to protect your network. Register here:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-VIPRE-Demo

Survey: Webinar Audio Preferences

We'd like to understand your preferences around audio for our webinars. We
invite you to take this short, 3-question survey and share your opinions
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participation.
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ComputerWorld reported that some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as
25,000 spam messages per hour. Orange, Calif.-based Sunbelt partner
Marshal8e6 deliberately infected machines in the lab of its research arm,
TRACElabs, with the malware responsible for the world's nine biggest spam
botnets, then observed the PCs' behavior, including each bot's top-end
spam capacity.

"One of the our objectives over the past few years has been to emphasize the
dominant role that a handful of key botnets play in the spam we see today,"
said Phil Hay, a senior threat analyst at TRACElabs, in an e-mail. More:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Bot-Infection

Report: Hackers Break Into Pentagon's Fighter Jet Project

Hackers broke into U.S. Department of Defense computers and downloaded
terabytes of data containing design information about the Joint Strike
Fighter, a $300 billion stealth fighter currently under development,
according to The Wall Street Journal. The stolen files all relate to the
design of the Joint Strike Fighter and its electronic systems, the Journal
reported, saying they could be used to help defend against the jet.
However, the most sensitive files were not compromised because they are
stored on computers that are not connected to the Internet, the report said.
More at ComputerWorld:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Hackers

Three Reasons To Virtualize Your Desktops In 2009

Vendors who sell desktop virtualization would like you to think that
everyone should virtualize all of their desktops as soon as possible.
They're so eager to sell that it's easy to get lost in the hype of all
the advantages they throw at you. In many cases, these lists may be
too generic or abstract for you to go to your boss to get approval to
start doing desktop virtualization today. In this tip, desktop
virtualization expert, Brian Madden cuts out the vendor spin and explains
three "real" reasons to examine desktop virtualization in 2009:
(Registration Required)
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Virtualize-Desktop

Guide: Windows Security Tools For The Busy Desktop Administrator

Looking for Windows security tools, but don't have time to do the
research? This fast guide has done the work for you. Get expert insight
into the top Windows security must have tools, learn the pros and cons
of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, and find out why every Windows
shop should use the Sysinternals toolkit:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Security-Tools

New Features In Microsoft's SCVMM R2 Improve Hyper-V Management

While Microsoft's Hyper-V has proven its ability to fulfill enterprise-level
needs, Hyper-V version 1.0 featured significant shortcomings, such as its
management toolsets and a Hyper-V Manager console that is rough around
the edges. Luckily, Microsoft designed System Center Virtual Machine
Manager (SCVMM) to overcome these obstacles. In this tip, learn the
upgrade's new features and their improvements to Hyper-V management,
including logical unit number (LUN) management and Live Migration support.
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Hyper-V-Management

Windows Server News

Which Driver Crashed My Server?

When a server crashes, sometimes it's easier to repair the issue, rather
than identify the cause of the problem. However, locating the source of
the crash can help you create a more efficient solution strategy and better
understand how to prevent future problems. This tutorial provides an outline
for how to achieve this.
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Server-Outages

Microsoft Leaks Windows 7 RC Delivery Date

It's coming May 5 for partners, before that for MSDN, TechNet subscribers.
That is faster than expected. It also might change your roll-out plans.
And here are the results of the SunPoll asking for your deployment strategy
with over 1,500 votes, sorted descending:

Not planned yet / don't know - 23%
Yup, we'll roll it out right away - 22%
6 to 12 months after release - 22%
12 to 24 months after release - 14%
Nope, not before the end of 2009 - 11%
24 to 36 months after release - 7%

Software patch company Shavlik Technologies is to embed anti-virus and
anti-spyware code produced by Windows security software house Sunbelt Software
into an upgraded version of its flagship patch management system.

Included with NetChk Protect 7, the anti-malware software has been integrated
in a way that makes it particularly light on system resources. Nancee Melby
of Shavlik told us, "The security system folds right into the Shavlik agent.
It is designed to be lightening fast and robust, and sits in the background
on a very small footprint so as not to consume systems resources."

Sunbelt Software does not have a great level of penetration in the enterprise
market, and Melby said the Sunbelt system had been chosen over other options
because it ranks very highly in independent tests.

The core anti-virus detection engine that drives its Vipre enterprise system
was reworked earlier this year. That new engine has some important enhancements
for the detection of both existing malware and new, unknown threat/variants,
using pattern analysis on files as well as classic signature detection and
heuristics.

Melby said that no charge would be made to existing users for the additional
security software integrated into Version 7, and that it could conceivably
lead to cost-savings among the Shavlik customer base of the $10 to $12 per
node that is normally charged for a combined anti-virus and anti-spyware
license.

Mark Shavlik, CEO of Shavlik said, "Laptops, remote and often disconnected,
remain unprotected due to the bandwidth requirements of their current
anti-virus". The view is that businesses do not want to sacrifice business
productivity in order to update those systems as often as they should.

Shavlik operates in the PC lifecycle and endpoint security market segments
where it competes largely against Microsoft, but also runs into rivals such
as PatchLink, BigFix, LANdesk and Symantec's Altiris line of products.

The only way for a help desk environment to be truly effective is for the
department to make the best possible use of available resources. This means
using some third-party applications to streamline help desk processes.
However, it is crucial to remember to always perform due diligence when
considering purchasing an application, rather than just buying it because
an expert likes its features. This article discusses strategies and third-party
tools that can help improve the help desk process:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Streamline-Help-Desk

WServerNews Fave Links

This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.

An orchestra of computer gadgets playing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, with an
HP ScanJet 3C for the vocals, the Atari 800XL as the organ, TI-99/4a plays
lead guitar and the 8 Inch Floppy Disk on the bass. GOTTA SEE:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Gadgets

Micheal Espinola on Sunbelt's NTSYSADMIN list posted this: "Jumping on the
coattails of (I'm guessing) Watchmen, Cisco has come up with an odd choice of
ad campaign:" And I agree. Watch this mix between an ad, comic and website:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Realm

Amazing 10 year old singer Zara Larsson gives an incredible performance of
"The greatest love of all" by Whitney Houston and ends up winning the
"Sweden's Got Talent" contest. Dang. This kid knows how to sing, I predict
in 10 years time you will see her on stage here in the U.S.
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Sweden-got-Talent

Sunbelt Exchange Archiver (SEA) makes your organization ready for lawsuits,
either for suing some other entity, or being sued yourself. At that time,
your attorneys are going to ask you for an e-discovery and you will be forced
to go through ALL sent and received email and query it for specific things.
If you are not ready for this, prepare for weeks of agony, no weekends and
14-hour days to find all PST files and painstakingly search through all of
them. But having SEA implemented, you will be ready for legal action, and
your CEO and Legal Counsel will be highly appreciative. Get a quote now:
http://www.wservernews.com/090427-Sunbelt-Exchange-Archiver